The Persistence of Digital Memory

In the keynote address at a conference on digital preservation that I attended a few months ago in Seattle, Paul Conway claimed that the priorities and practices of cultural heritage institutions have not yet caught up with the digital age.Moreover, another speaker claimed, most institutions that are pursuing digital initiatives have digital projects rather than digital programs.

If we are not in the midst of what will in the future be seen as a digital dark age, we are at least in an age that will be recognized as one of transition.